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(Fragment)American Ceramic Circle Book Award
American Ceramic Circle Book AwardThe American Ceramic Circle has announced the creation of an award that recognizes publications that make major contributions to the field of ceramics. Known as The American Ceramic Circle Book Award, it will be granted annually to a book or exhibition catalog that either advances scholarship ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Coffman's to Close
Coffman's to CloseAfter 19 years of business, Coffman's Antiques Market at the Jenifer House Commons in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, will close on July 31, according to a press release from the firm. "Sudden and rapidly failing health has been the primary reason we are closing," cited Don Coffman.The Coffmans opened ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Judgment in Flag Libel Lawsuit Stricken; Leads to More Court Action
Judgment in Flag Libel Lawsuit Stricken; Leads to More Court ActionA communication error has caused the default judgment in a lawsuit brought by Jeffrey Kenneth Kohn, M.D., of Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, against David Martucci of Washington, Maine, to be stricken. The determination of damages in the suit, $39,750, has been ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Nan Gurley Launches New Show
Nan Gurley Launches New ShowCornish, Maine-based antiques show promoter Nan Gurley has scheduled a new show at Castle in the Clouds in Moultonborough, New Hampshire, on Sunday, July 1. The location, an Arts and Crafts mountaintop estate, was built in 1914 by Thomas Gustave Plant.According to a press release, Gurley ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Gifts from Hilda Chester
Gifts from Hilda Chester by Henry I. KurtzOn June 10, a 1953 Brooklyn Dodgers autographed team baseball with many original signatures and a New York Giants team ball from the same period were offered at Philip Weiss Auctions in Oceanside, New York. The Dodgers ball sold for $904 (includes buyer's ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Annual NHADA Show Turns 50
Annual NHADA Show Turns 50 The 50th annual New Hampshire Antiques Dealers Association (NHADA) show will be held August 9-11 at the Radisson Hotel, Center of New Hampshire, in Manchester, New Hampshire. The show focuses on Americana, folk art, paintings, and formal and primitive American furnishings. Yankee magazine editor Polly ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Old Fort Western Seeks Fort Descendants
Old Fort Western Seeks Fort DescendantsOld Fort Western, the 1754 National Landmark fort, store, and house historic site on the riverfront in downtown Augusta, Maine, would like to be in touch with the descendants of people who lived in the fort's main house between 1840 and 1920. The project is ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Pigeon Target Ball Flies
Pigeon Target Ball FliesOn April 16 American Bottle Auctions of Sacramento, California, sold an Agnew Brown target ball with an embossed pigeon for $28,000 (including buyer's premium). According to the auction house, there are only two examples known, and this one came from the collection of the late Alex Kerr, ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Needlework at the Rufus Porter Museum
Needlework at the Rufus Porter MuseumA special loan exhibit of historic schoolgirl needlework will open June 28 when the Rufus Porter Museum in Bridgton, Maine, begins its summer and fall season. There will be 27 pieces of early needlework on exhibit, dating from the 1600's to 1840. Many are from ... (Read More)
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(Fragment)Remmey Stoneware Pitcher Found in a Well Highlights Sale
Remmey Stoneware Pitcher Found in a Well Highlights Saleby Karl PassNewly unearthed from the bottom of a well, where it had been buried for likely 175-odd years, an elaborately decorated stoneware pitcher attributed to Henry Remmey Sr. sold at Crocker Farm's May 19 sale in York, Pennsylvania, for $69,000 (including ... (Read More)
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